Ορμύλια

by Ormylia Monastery

This beautifully crafted volume describes the works of the Sacred Convent of the Annunciation in Ormylia, Chaldiki. Archimandite Aimilianos of the Holy Monastery of Simonopetra on Mount Athos founded the priory in 1974 “to make a contribution for the benefit of mankind and culture in the tradition of Orthodox Monasticism”. He also envisioned the creation of a medical center that would relieve suffering and serve as a place of physical and spiritual healing and solace. This was realised in 1982 with the creation of the Ormylia Foundation. In 1991 the Convent was recognized as a Patriarchal Dependency of Mount Athos Holy Monastery of Simonopetra. Under the Ormylia Foundation, with love and dedication, though the Panagia Philanthropini Centre, the sisterhood of the Convent has developed medical and other social services and research to “comfort and alleviate the suffering of human beings with emphasis on the poor and working class public without preference to race, nationality, gender, or creed”. And, through the Ormylia Art Diagnosis Centre, they have undertaken “to study and research with scientific methodology and adequacy the hagiographic tradition of the Orthodox Church, in order to decorate the monastery katholicon”. The Convent is now the largest monastic community in Greece, with over 120 nuns from over 15 countries – the majority of whom hold university degrees.

Cover type: Hard
327 pages
Edition #1 published in 2003 by INDIKTOS.
ISBN: 960-518-137-1